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Is Antarctica getting warmer and gaining ice?https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/mar/02/is-antarctica-getting-warmer
This Q&amp;A is part of the Guardian's <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/series/the-ultimate-climate-change-faq">ultimate climate change FAQ</a><br /><br />• <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/series/the-ultimate-climate-change-faq">See all questions and answers</a><br />• <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2010/nov/05/ultimate-climate-change-faq">Read about the project</a><p><a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcc.110/full">Almost 70% of the globe's fresh water</a> is stored as ice in Antarctica, mostly in the huge ice sheet covering the continent. As well as this land-based ice, the sea ice that encircles the continent grows to a wide expanse in winter and almost entirely melts away during the summer.</p><p>While global temperatures have increased, overall <a href="http://psc.apl.washington.edu/zhang/Pubs/Zhang_Antarctic_20-11-2515.pdf">Antarctic air temperatures have fallen slightly</a>, although they have increased over the Antarctic Peninsula and West Antarctica. At the same time, the overall <a href="http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/faq.html#wintertimeantarctic">extent of Antarctic sea ice has slightly increased</a> – by about 1% per decade since satellite records began in 1979. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/mar/02/is-antarctica-getting-warmer">Continue reading...</a>EnvironmentClimate changeGlaciersFri, 02 Mar 2012 12:25:54 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/mar/02/is-antarctica-getting-warmerPhotograph: NASAIce off the coast of east Antarctica in October 2011. Photograph: NasaPhotograph: NASAIce off the coast of east Antarctica in October 2011. Photograph: NasaCarbon Brief and Duncan Clark2012-03-02T12:25:54Z